Street Vendors & Market Traders

Stilbaai By-law for the Supervision and Control of Street Vendors, Pedlars and Hawkers, 1996

This document outlines the by-law for the supervision and control of street vendors, pedlars and hawkers in Stillbaai.

Sidewalk Vending District Program

This report outlines the history of the City’s Sidewalk Vending Program, in Los Angeles, the City’s Existing Sidewalk Vending Law, comparative...

Street Vending for Sustainable Urban Development in Bangkok

This policy brief, created in concert with urban specialists, uses an urban systems perspective to consider:- the role of street vending...

Organising Street Vendors in Liberia: Workshop Report

Liberia’s Street Vendors Pioneer New Approach with City Officials

Street vendors from Bangkok to Bogota face constant, daily harassment as they go about selling their goods to earn a living. 

How Cities Can Achieve Public Space for All

Public space provides a window into the soul of a city. It is where collective urban life plays out — cycling to work, playing in a park,...

Against the Odds: Resilience, Solidarity and Community Spirit Keep Warwick Markets Alive

Photos by Jonathan TorgovnikAbout half-a-million people flow through Warwick Junction every day — every one of them a potential customer...

Strategies for Street Vendors to Create “Public Space for All”

By Jenna Harvey “I want to see an eviction-free city. I want to see them [street vendors] having a right to the city, where no government,...

‘It’s a Win-Win:’ How a Street Vendor Leader Used Recommendation 204 to Change Policy in Costa Rica

By Jenna Harvey In July 2016, Kattia Barquero Rojas, a street vendor leader from San Jose, Costa Rica, stood in front of the president of...

Ganamos todos: Cómo una representante de vendedores ambulantes usó la Recomendación 204 como herramienta para cambiar las políticas en Costa Rica

Por Jenna Harvey En julio de 2016, Kattia Barquero Rojas, una líder de vendedores ambulantes de San José, Costa Rica, estuvo junto al presidente...